"Divine skill! This truly is a divine skill!"
"Such snow-white fine salt, such a precious refining method, and the National Preceptor's wife simply gave it to me!"
Having returned from the Western Regions in an instant, Li Shimin exchanged a few words with the civil and military officials at his side, then happily took the little money he had earned on this trip to the Western Regions and went to find Guanyinbi with a beaming smile!
When he arrived outside the Hall of Establishing Governance and saw his white moonlight staring unblinkingly at a cauldron before her, Li Shimin found it rather strange at first!
But once Empress Zhangsun used the method He Xi had given her to successfully refine the fine salt, Li Shimin was once more deeply shaken, followed by wild ecstasy!
"Erlang! With this method for refining fine salt, even poisonous salt can have its toxicity removed, allowing the people of our Tang Dynasty to eat more and better fine salt!"
Looking at the fine salt in the bowl, white as frost and snow, Empress Zhangsun was likewise smiling like a flower, her eyes brimming with delight!
With this method for refining fine salt, the court's financial pressure could be greatly alleviated, bringing more tax revenue to the nation!
And more importantly, among the Five Great Clans and Seven Prominent Families, there happened to be one that specialized in the salt trade...!
A sharp glint flashed through Li Shimin's eyes. Naturally, he knew that among the Five Great Clans and Seven Prominent Families, some controlled more than half of the Tang Dynasty's entire salt trade!
And now, this method of refining fine salt could produce better fine salt at a lower cost!
To Li Shimin, this was a sharp blade aimed at the Five Great Clans and